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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

CASual Fridays #92 and Dynamic Duos #42 Simon Says Stamp

I've been combining challenges with a vengeance the past two days! As busy moms, we have to be as efficient with our time as possible...... I know you're feeling me...... So, the last couple of days when I've actually snuck off to play with challenges, I've had good luck with combining and getting double the crafty inspiration. (Footnote: I'm usually not that good at combining; even though I do consider myself quite the accomplished multi-tasker. Of course, I feel like an accomplished multi-tasker because of being around The Hubs, who is TERRRRIBLE at it. So, could be that I'm not as good at it as I think! After all, everything's relative. BUT - I digress...)

This card is for the CASual Friday challenge of stamping your own background and Dynamic Duos color challenge of Green and Yellow.

I chose to make an Easter Egg card. I've been using my CTMH Cricut cartridges a great deal lately. They are even in an easy to reach location right near my Cricut. (I'm constantly bouncing between the two!)

So, playing around with different card shapes has become a new little experiment for me and it's been quite fun.

I stamped the wood grain pattern using Honey ink on the reverse side of Honey Textured Cardstock (so as to have the lighter yellow.) The "Easter" die-cut is also from my CTMH Cricut cartridge (this one from Artiste; egg shaped card Art Philosophy.) I used words from my Card Word Puzzle stamp set to stamp "Happy" and "Wishes".

I am also entering this card for the Simon Says Stamp Challenge of using green in your project! This will be my first Simon Says Stamp entry. Yay! (I really need more challenges to be addicted to! )

Thanks for stopping by! Hope a great bit of spring air is coming your way soon - I know everyone around here is looking forward to it!

Beautiful shaped card! That woodgrain pattern really is the perfect choice... love how you made it elegant with the addition of pearls, too! :) Thanks for playing along in our "Bit o' Green" challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog this week! xx

About Me

I am a recently reformed full-time Accountant/Financial Analyst, now a full-time Mom/part-time PaperCrafter. This means I'm usually puttering around the house running after the kids, husband or 3 cats, and cleaning up after all of the above.
I've been married to my college sweetheart for 17 yrs. We have two little piglets (ages 9 and 11) whom we are quite fond of (most of the time).
Occasionally, I sneak off to my crafty space to create and hide from the mayhem. I love to peruse PaperCrafts Magazines, fellow addicts' blogs and Pinterest for inspiration any chance I get. I am shamefully addicted to all things associated with this hobby!